C24 Basketball Match

"Hmm?"

Ye Hong's ears twitched as he sensed an anomaly of soundwaves moving towards him.

From the corner of his eye, the figure of a basketball zoomed in bigger and bigger.

"Be careful!"

Ye Hong quickly moved in front of Zhang Xuewei to protect her from the basketball.

[Ding! Reaction Time: +1, Current progress 1/10, Current level: Beginner-level.]

Without any hesitation, Ye Hong threw a punch towards the basketball that was flying towards him.

*Crash!*

The fist hit the basketball squarely in the center and sent it flying in another direction.

[Ding! Detected the training of one's fists... Punch strength: +1, Current progress: 1/10, Current level: Beginner-level.]

"Training my ass!"

Ye Hong's fist felt numb before searing in pain.

He glared menacingly at Qin Loong and asked, "You still want to cause trouble?"

Only then did Zhang Xuewei realize what had happened. She quickly held Ye Hong's hand up and asked with a pained heart, "Ah Hong, are you alright?"

"Oh no! Your fist is bruising up. I-I run to the infirmary to get some things to treat your injury!"

Qin Loong's face twisted wickedly. Looking at the intimate interactions between the two, he felt a great sense jealousy in his heart, unwilling to accept the relationship between them.

"What a pity, this kid's reaction was pretty fast. To think that he actually blocked the attack," Qin Loong thought to himself.

If he were to hit Ye Hong on his head with all his might, he would at least suffer a concussion.

"Student Ye Hong, what are you trying to accuse me of? The ball simply slipped from my hands and flew into your direction coincidentally."

"Did I actually scare you? Hehe!"

Qin Loong shrugged and pretended to be innocent.

"Qin Loong, this is an intentional act of violence!"

Zhang Xuewei fumed in so much rage that her small body trembled as she glared daggers at Qin Loong.

Her reaction caused Qin Loong to get even more jealous.

"What happened over here?"

The surrounding students began to notice the small dispute and even Jiang Bin rushed over to know more about the situation.

"Everything's fine... It's just that Ye Hong said he wanted to compete with me. However, I didn't want to hurt his pride so I refused his challenge."

"Despite giving him face, he felt that I was looking down on him and got very angry. Teacher, look at this…"

Jiang Bin looked at the difference between their figures and started to believe Qin Loong's words. He then frowned and asked Ye Hong, "Is that true?"

Ye Hong sneered in his heart after realizing Qin Loong's cunning plot to humiliate him.

If Ye Hong denied this matter, he would inevitably be regarded as a coward by the crowd, and he would embarrass himself in front of Zhang Xuewei.

But if Ye Hong admits this, then he will only fall for Qin Loong's trap to challenge him in a match of basketball.

It seemed that after a morning of reflection, Qin Loong finally came up with a method to exploit Ye Hong's weaknesses.

"How unfortunate… Since you want to stir up even more trouble, then don't blame me for smashing your face to smithereens!" Ye Hong thought to himself.

Ye Hong then smiled lightly and said, "Yes, teacher. I heard that Qin Loong is a very talented shooter, so I would like to compete with him."

Originally wanting to have a one-versus-one pickup game with Ye Hong, Qin Loong was caught off guard by the sudden change in plans. Despite that, he was still confident in his shooting skills.

Ever since he was a mere child, he fell in love with basketball and happened to be quite talented at the sport. Thus, he believed that no one in his year would ever be his match.

In his eyes, Ye Hong — a mere weakling pretending to be a knight in shining armor — posed no threat to him whatsoever.

"This time, I will definitely take Zhang Xuewei's heart away from you!" Qin Loong swore to himself.

If their teacher was any older, they would probably have scolded the two of them.

However, the young Jiang Bin did not mind such competition between the youths. Instead, he immediately pulled the two of them to the basketball court and had the other students watch the match from the sidelines.

When the students of Class 18 heard this news, they instantly surrounded the area and waited in anticipation for the match.